An ESA World Ocean Circulation User Consultation Meeting is being held from 21-22 February 2019 in Frascati (Rome), Italy to bring together expert scientists, service providers and direct users to present their detailed requirements for ocean circulation products and services.

The Copernicus & Polar Regions Industry Workshop, which takes place in Brussels on November 7 2018, is an opportunity to present the roadmap of the Copernicus Programme initiatives in the Polar areas. It is a time to raise awareness surrounding the Copernicus products and services available for the business sector and for pertinent stakeholders.

Data assimilation of satellite Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) in the Copernicus Marine Service Global forecast model is still a difficult challenge because of the diverse and complex biases that affect it. Our Mercator Ocean International scientists Elisabeth Rémy and Yann Drillet will attend the Ocean Salinity Science Conference, organized by ESA in Paris from 6-9 November.

Policy and decision makers, scientists, experts and business people will meet for the 2018 edition of the Our Ocean Conference, from 29 to 30 October in Bali, Indonesia. The Copernicus Programme and Marine Service will be presented to illustrate how ocean observation and analysis are vital to meeting the global environmental and economic challenges of today and tomorrow.

During the Edinburg, Scotland, October 30-31 Ocean Energy Europe Annual meeting, Copernicus Marine Service will highlight the assets of its ocean data to a wide panel of private companies working in the renewable marine energy sector.

The next Godae OceanView (GOV) Symposium, OceanPredict’19, is in Halifax, Canada, 6-10 May 2019. It invites ocean scientists, observation specialists, industry representatives, service providers and users of ocean data & products from across the international operational oceanography community to engage in science sessions, exhibitions and discussions to explore and define the direction of operational oceanography.

Global warming, climate refugees, plastic pollution in the oceans, rising sea levels and water temperatures – these are all subjects of daily concern that prompt us to act to save our oceans. Copernicus Marine Environment has always invested in scientific and citizen initiatives, so it is no surprise that we are supporting the #VFTO campaign launched by Surfrider Foundation Europe.

Europe’s largest event promoting sustainable energy. Organised every year by the European Commission (Directorate General for Energy and EASME), EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2018 takes place 4-8 June.